Where is St Vincents Hall?

St Vincents Hall is in East Midlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.9051°, -0.6265°.

Gardens · East Midlands

St Vincents Hall

St Vincents Hall — a garden in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom.

Benchmark on 159 Somerby Hill - geograph.org.uk - 6393221 — Phil Richards — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2.5 h
Best time of year: Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)

St Vincents Hall is a garden of interest in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

St Vincents Hall is a Gothic Revival mansion in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.

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Background

History

The house was designed in the Gothic Revival style and built for the industrialist Richard Hornsby, who founded Richard Hornsby & Sons, an engine and machinery manufacturer, in 1868. before the building was sold to the Air Ministry. The 1920s witnessed many visitors including Tsar Nicholas of Russia's brother fleeing the Bolsheviks. St Vincents Hall is best known for being the Second World War HQ of 5 Group Bomber Command between October 1937 and November 1943 and was where Operation Chastise of May 1943 – immortalized in The Dam Busters film – was planned. On the night of 16/17 May 1943 Air Marshall Arthur Harris, Barnes Wallis and other RAF high command were in St Vincents Hall when coded…

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